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Suspect 'confesses' to murders

A senior policeman says five hours of interrogation has brought a confession from one of three Myanmar suspects caught on Koh Tao video just before the brutal murders of two English tourists - and the British ambassador asked for an update from the police chief.

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US eases Vietnam embargo
Lifting the ban on arms sales will allow Hanoi to buy military P-3 Orion surveillance aircraft, to keep better track of China in the South China Sea.
'Farmer freebie' slammed
It took only hours for critics to savage the military government's 15,000-baht giveaway to farmers as a populist measure for short term face-saving.
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The cabinet has set the pay rates of everyone involved in the coup administration, with top man Gen Prayut receiving 125,590 baht per month.

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'King Kohei' eyes fifth gymnastics title and team gold

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